SXSW: 21 Jump Street Thrills The Crowd At The Paramount Theatre

21 Jump Street opens Friday, and we have been banging the drum hard in support of this raucous comedy. This evening, our bandwagon just tripled as crowds streamed from the Paramount Theatre – where the film just held a SXSW premiere – and sang the movie’s praises. These are just a few of our favorite Tweets that blew up Twitter right after the screening.

“21 Jump Street was much funnier than I expected. A great addition to the #SXSW Monday night Paramount Theater studio comedy tradition.” Matt Dentler

See? Now you don’t have to take our words for it – though our very own Katey Rich did give the Street a rock-solid 4 out of 5 stars. But the masses from SXSW are speaking, and so far, they are loving what they see. And they should. Right from the start, Jump Street pokes fun of its existence as a reboot of an old television show. Yet, through the partnership of Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum (who showed up for the post Jump Street Q&A wearing biker cop outfits), the film is able to hold on to the spirit of the original show whikle also taking it to some very funny places.